Meetings, technical sessions, luncheon, & banquet are all at
the Fredericton Inn, Fredericton, New Brunswick. For Colloquium Registration
Information contact Tom Al or Bruce Broster @ (506) 453-4804; email tal@unb.ca
or check the AGS website http://ags.earthsciences.dal.ca/agsc2000.htm.
Slide preview room will be the Crystal Room, Thursday 7:00-9:30PM, Friday
from 8:00AM to 4:00PM, and Friday from 7:00PM to 10:00PM and all day on
Saturday. Salon A will be the speaker ready room Friday from 4:00-7:00PM.

Thursday February 10, 2000

7:00PM-9:30PM

Welcoming reception, registration, and poster
session

Prince Edward Room

Friday, February 11, 2000

8:00AM-10:00PM

Registration and Poster set-up

Prince Edward Room

8:30AM-4:30PM

Technical sessions  The Environmental Earth
Sciences Division (EESD) of the Geological Association of Canada; Current
Environmental Research and Foci for the Next Century.

Bicentennial Room

8:30-10:10AM

EARTHQUAKE ASSESSMENT: Current Research
and Prediction

10:10-10:40AM

Coffee

10:40AM-12:00PM

WATER RESOURCES: Current Research
and Policy

12:00-1:00PM

Meet the Press and Poster Session

Prince Edward Room

12:00-1:30PM

Lunch

1:30-2:50PM

HAZARDS and POLLUTION: Assessment
and Prediction

2:50-3:10PM

Coffee

3:10-4:30PM

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS: Assessment
and Prediction

4:00-5:30PM

Atlantic Geology Editors Meeting

Crystal Room

5:30-7:00PM

AGS Executive and Council Meeting

Crystal Room

7:00-8:00PM

Keynote Lecture by Cees van Staal*,

Bicentennial Room

*Cees van Staal, Geological Survey of Canada, lecture entitled The
Geological History of the Brunswick subduction complex in Bathurst, northern
New Brunswick - an important clue to understanding the tectonic evolution
of the Northern Appalachian Orogen. Dr. van Staal is the Geological
Association of Canada (GAC) Past Presidents Medallist for 1999, and the
lecture is sponsored by the GAC.

1) We are encouraging conference participants to pre-register
as it will assist in planning, making nametags etc. Receipts will be available
at the registration desk.

2) Poster space is 3'x 6' velcro friendly boards and presenters
must bring there own velcro. Set up posters in assigned locations, as soon
as possible after arrival. The Graham Williams student poster award will
be presented at the Banquet. Please be at your poster to answer questions
during the scheduled times. Posters must be taken down by 5:30PM on Saturday.

3) Speakers will have 20 minutes including time for questions,
and the sessions will be kept on schedule by the Chairs, as it is required
to allow for judging of the high number of student presentations. The Rupert
MacNeill student award will be presented at the Banquet.

4) Speakers will have two slide projectors, one overhead
projector, one LCD projector and a laser pointer available. There will
be a slide preview room available. Slide preview room will be the Crystal
Room, Thursday from 7:00-9:30PM, Friday from 8:00AM to 4:00PM, and Friday
from 7:00PM to 10:00PM and all day on Saturday. Salon A will be the slide
preview room Friday from 4:00-7:00PM. Have your slides to the projectionist
ASAP.

5) The Fredericton Inn has asked for some notice for the
meals. Buy your Luncheon and Banquet tickets by 11:00PM on Friday, February
11th.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES DIVISION (EESD)OF THE GEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION OF CANADA;CURRENT ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH and FOCI FOR THE NEXT CENTURY

D.B.SCOTT, E. S. COLLINS, P.T.GAYES, and E. WRIGHT - Hurricane records
on the South Carolina coast: patterns of periodicity over the last 5000
years

*ANDREW J. STUMPF and BRUCE E. BROSTER - The application of stratigraphic
and mapping studies in delineation of landslide hazards: an example from
British Columbia

ATLANTIC GEOSCIENCE SOCIETY ANNUAL COLLOQUIUM

TECHNICAL SESSIONS - FRIDAY EVENING*
Student Presentation

KEYNOTE LECTURE: GAC Past Presidents Medallist:
Bicentennial Room

7:00  CEES VAN STAAL - The geological history of the Brunswick subduction
complex in Bathurst, northern New Brunswick - an important clue to understanding
the tectonic evolution of the Northern Appalachian Orogen.

GENERAL SESSION FRIDAY EVENING: Current Research in the Atlantic
Provinces I - Bicentennial Room